Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-06
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

any commandery in the West, which cost
nearly 1900.
Henry Hanley, st. Louis barge owner,
whose safe was broken open ana roooed OF
81, 900 not long since, susplcloned one OF
his former employees, followed him TO Kan
sas City and secured his arrest. Inc
arrested man made full confession, ana
was taken to st. Louis.
The United States Circuit Court is in ses-
sion at st. Joseph.
The railroads carried nearly lao, 900 peo-
pie into st. Louis during encampment
week.
With the departure of the blue coats
from st. Louis came the preparations for
the reception of the President and Mrs.
Cleveland. The old burg is just kept
hustlipg.
The rain in St. Louis wet the boys down
a bit and dampened their spirits some
what; but when the order was given to
fall in, Notwithstanding the rain, nearly
eight thousand of them took their medi-
cine like old vets, that they are.
The st. Louis Exposition beat the record
last week, one days attendance going
considerably over thirty thousand visitors,
and nearly all of them strangers.
The trades pageant at st. Louis, which
took place during Encampment week,
was pronounced splendid by the great
crowds who saw it.
A derrick fell at the malthouse OF Lemp's
brewery in st. Louis few days ago and
killed one workman and injured five others,
one of whom has since died.
The nut crop is bountiful one this year,
and, according to the old superstition, this
is an indication of much snow and cold
weather next winter.
Jack Dempsey, at Kansas City, noto-
ruff N
seven years in the penitentiary for as
saulting William Lewis with a knife, and
had three more years added to his sen.
tence for shooting Police Officer Register,
seriously wounding him.
E. K. Rea, of Ray County, the well.
known importer and breeder of fine cattle,
recently lost sixty head of stock by some
peculiar disease. Among the lot was a
fine imported bull that cost $1,000.
Mrs. Mary L. Haley, wife of Rev. T. P.
Haley of the First Christian Church of
Kansas City, formerly of st. Louis, and
mother of 7. P. Haley, Jr., of the st. Louis
Chemical Company, died at her home in
Kansas City few days ago of chronic
congestion of the liver.
A traveller arrived in st. Joseph from
Salt Lake a few days ago that attracted
general attention. He was Fritz Stetzen-
meyer, leading member of the Mormon
church, and with him were his five wives.
They were on their way to Germany. One
of the wives eighed over three hundred
pounds, and was utterly unable to move
around the car.
While James Huston, living in Kansas
City, was sitting on his porch few days
ago, Henry LOOMS appeared, and Huston
accused him of tampering with the af-
fectons of his house-keeper, Jane Martin.
A quarrel ensued, when LOOMS drew
large knife and stabbed Huston in the
side, inficting probably fatal wound.
After examining petitions containing
the names of over 500 voters, the Madison
County Court ordered an election under
the Local Option law for October 20.
Mr.. Anderson, countryman, reported
to the Kansas City police a few days ago
that while he was passing through the
heart of the business section of the city
and with cable line on the street, in
broad daylight, but during heavy rain,
he was seized so he could make no cutlery
by burly negro, dragled into brickyard
near, choked almost unconscious and
robbed of forty dollars. The footpad had
not been found.
The blast was set off IN the tunnel under
the bluff at Kansas City few days ago,
and when the smoke hail cleared away it
was found that the two parties of work.
men could exchange greetings. The OPEN
ing is $50 feet long and 30 feet high, and is
nearly 100 feet beneath the top of the bluff.
Most of the work has been through rock,
and has employed sixty-fve men for five
months. The tunnel will be used by the
elevated railroad, which is principally
owned by st. Louis people.
VIM. w. Alter, of st. Louis, a member of
the junior academy class at Yale College,
has been permanently suspended by the
faculty for haZing. He and other soph-
ignores took E. Rowe, Jr., of New Haven,
ga fresh," to saloon, made him drink
milk from nursing bottle, stripped him
of part of his clothing and made him
dance. This is the first suspension for
hazing in eight years, and causes a sensa-
tion. Other hazers are being investigated.
j. M. Walling, aged thirty-five years,
whose people reside at Dupree, Texas, was
run over and killed in the Missouri Pacific
Railway ards at Sedalia few days ago.
He was in the employ of Drum & Snider,
Chicago with fifteen carloads of stock be-
longing to his employers.
An attempt was made near dark few
evenings since by the prisoners in jail at
Keytesville to assassinate the sheriff, j. j.
Moore, in order to make their escape,
which resulted in the choking of the
sheriff almost to death, the killing of a
prisoner by a shot from the sheriff's pis-
tol and the escape of young colored pris-
oner named Martin, held for some minor
offense. The sheriff went into the Jail to
take some water for the prisoners. F.
Fl. Baker, one of the prisoners un-
der the charge of horse steal.
ing, asked for the loan of
fha chnr 10 Hr1ffo To ont b 70
make a fire. The request was granted and
the knife returned. When the sheriff was
putting the knife in his pocket, Baker,
with savage spring, jumped at him and
took firm hold upon the sheriff's throat,
in which Baker was assisted by another
prisoner named Fred. Maddox, and one
Wilson, who were charged with robbery.
Seeing physical resistance to his three
powerful assailants useless, the sheriff
succeeded in drawing his pistol and firing.
The ball entered Bakers body near the
left nipple and passed through the heart
and lungs, killing him instantly. Maddox,
Wilson and Martin escaped, but the two
former were recaptured in short time
and were returned to Jail.
Weeping skies spoiled the veterans fun.
Jesse James, Jr., son of the notorious
outlaw, has brought suit in the Circuit
Court at Kansas City for $500 against J.
G. Muehlebach, the brewer, one of whose
him quite seriously.
Sam Irvine, white tough, and Pete
Henderson, disreputable negro, became
involved in saloon row at Kansas City
few days ago, when Henderson drew a
bowie-knife and stabbed Irvine in the back
between the shoulders and struck him on
the head breaking the blade off short